A civilised society should not thieve people's property, no matter rich or poor, without due process.

A big raspberry from me.

Here basically you are saying because someone is Russian, you can help yourself to their assets.

so all the reports about his Putin cronyism are wrong?

I agree with everyone saying that how the government has behaved in relation to anything Russian has been quite incredible.

I honestly never thought I'd see the day where an 'English' parliament would just openly justify stealing money and persecuting people by association.

That doesn't mean that I don't think that Russian oligarchs aren't awash with dirty money and fully corrupt themselves. However, they had been welcomed here along with all the rest of the corrupt classes from Saudi and everywhere else. London has been and continues to be a dirty laundering location for most of the foreign rich....whored out to the fullest pockets....but now it's only if we like you apparently.

If we are suddenly developing a selective conscience we should have told them to bugger off not stolen what they came here with. Just as we should tell all the dirty and corrupt money in the city to go forth and multiply.

But this is the neo liberal system...the services society where you off shore all manufacturing to the cheapest option and rely upon a global elite and its merchant classes to palm their way to leave you poor and them as an untouchably rich superclass.

But I digress.

Edited by Stirlingsays (26 May 2022 1.07pm)

So when are the assets of Saudi being 'frozen' then? Seems like they can invade countries they don't like for years and nothing you state here happened to them.

I don't think that's a valid justification given how selective it is.

As for stealing money as a method of bringing Putin to the negotiating table.....I see that as another unreality considering the US and the EU have just flooded the Ukraine's war chest to carry on the war.

The only result has to make everyone poorer, while prolonging a war against a better armed opponent.

Edited by Stirlingsays (26 May 2022 3.24pm)

By who and via what process?

I think I was quite clear. I don't support selective stealing based upon which dictator is out of favour.

I don't support the actions that you apparently appear to think are successful strategies in 'putting an end to the war'. In fact I think they do the exact opposite by 'enabling' a cold war generally and making the Ukraine's future financial situation practically impossible.....it enriches one set of corrupt oligarchs for another while we fight to the last conscripted Ukrainian.

I would support these actions if they were applied against global money laundering in London in general. However, in practice they are part of a disastrous approach to this war.